Global Patent Index - EP 0440262 A2

EP 0440262 A2 19910807 - Thermal fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same.

Title (en)

Thermal fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same.

Title (de)

Thermisches Fixiergerät und damit versehene Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung.

Title (fr)

Dispositif de fixation thermique et appareil pour la formation d'images l'utilisant.

Publication

EP 0440262 A2 19910807 (EN)

Application

EP 91101387 A 19910201

Priority

JP 2223290 A 19900202

Abstract (en)

A thermal fixing apparatus (20) includes a heating member for heating a recording medium (2) by contact with its face other than that on which an image has been formed by an image forming apparatus, the face (21) of said heating member which contacts with said recording medium (2) being so shaped that, in its section perpendicular to the conveying direction for said recording medium, the central portion thereof extremely projecting into the conveying pass side for said recording medium. The thermal fixing apparatus (20) acts in the image forming apparatus as thermal fixing means for image fixing the recording medium on which a desired record image has been formed by the relative movement with recording means included in the image forming apparatus. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B41J 2/17; B65H 29/70; G03G 15/20

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B41J 11/002 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 11/0024 (2021.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0440262 A2 19910807; EP 0440262 A3 19911127; EP 0440262 B1 19951206; CN 1026083 C 19941005; CN 1054737 A 19910925; DE 69115061 D1 19960118; DE 69115061 T2 19960502; JP 2675172 B2 19971112; JP H03227630 A 19911008; US 5485189 A 19960116

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91101387 A 19910201; CN 91101154 A 19910202; DE 69115061 T 19910201; JP 2223290 A 19900202; US 15053193 A 19931110